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Ricotta Nosh aka Grammy’s madly in, head-over-heels, love! In the past, when I visited Meg and Theo I spent half of my…

Purple Cauliflower Soup is as delicious as it is stunningly beautiful. My daughter, Sara asked me to write her a recipe using…

Fish Cakes, Lady Ashburnham Pickles and a fried quail’s egg – oh yeah! A proper east coast fish cake – we all…

It’s a new year. Time for change. For someone who struggles with change as much as me, you wouldn’t think it would…

I can’t believe we are leaving Tuesday. Eleven glorious days touring Italy with the ‘witches’. Ralph lovingly nicknamed us years ago… We’ve been planning…

Gritty sidewalks yet to be swept, discarded Christmas trees scorched orange from the sun sit in alley ways, school children shiver in…

In twelve days, we will serve Italian food at the Urban Deli. Valentine’s Day – the annual highly anticipated evening of love…

Originally posted January 17, 2011 You either love blue cheese or you gag, if you come within twenty meters of it. Our…

Originally posted January 16, 2012 My Christmas tree is still decorated.The thought of taking it down and packing it away is enough…

I have been so excited to tell you this story. A year ago, Liz Rowe, owner of Urban Deli invited me to have a chat with her,…